Research Scientist visa sponsorship salary

Across 2,035 certified work-visa filings, the median wage for Research Scientist is $129,917. The middle half of filings fall between $78,000 and $188,013, and the top decile begins at $223,165. Classified under SOC 19-1029.02 (Molecular and Cellular Biologists).

Median

$129,917

25th pct

$78,000

75th pct

$188,013

90th pct

$223,165

Filings

2,035

$44,034$353,033

Who pays what for Research Scientist

Ranked by number of certified filings

Employer	Filings	25th	Median	75th
Meta Platforms, Inc	474	$179,170	$184,374	$214,032
Google LLC	187	$184,000	$193,700	$215,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	97	$77,700	$83,350	$105,000
NVIDIA Corporation	90	$160,000	$184,000	$224,000
Intel Corporation	44	$128,738	$144,173	$178,328
The University of Virginia	39	$65,975	$68,300	$75,000
ByteDance Inc.	36	$209,910	$252,300	$322,500
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	35	$71,388	$73,500	$76,708
Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo	30	$60,121	$64,698	$70,602
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	28	$77,633	$82,867	$90,234
UT Southwestern Medical Center	25	$66,317	$70,179	$75,000
Brigham and Women's Hospital	23	$71,458	$78,000	$80,000
The Ohio State University	23	$70,500	$77,246	$86,253
University of Illinois	17	$65,000	$68,000	$85,030
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	16	$139,289	$177,163	$186,059
Purdue University	16	$70,000	$77,012	$93,668
Trustees of Boston University	15	$69,830	$74,314	$86,050
University of Pittsburgh	15	$61,650	$65,000	$75,032
KLA Corporation	14	$144,030	$160,028	$173,349
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	14	$65,307	$71,200	$75,857
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	14	$56,100	$58,150	$64,735
Qps, LLC	13	$87,843	$88,500	$92,300
IBM Corporation	12	$204,256	$212,729	$234,188
Netflix Global, LLC	11	$227,282	$257,421	$257,421
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute	11	$99,698	$120,000	$148,789
The University of Texas at Dallas	11	$65,609	$73,000	$84,000
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	11	$65,264	$66,000	$69,000
New York University	10	$76,943	$83,783	$92,250
Van Andel Research Institute	10	$73,625	$78,356	$78,773
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	10	$69,314	$77,792	$82,884
Cleveland Clinic Foundation	10	$67,369	$71,369	$73,831
General Hospital Corporation	10	$64,413	$71,203	$91,770
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence	9	$216,300	$240,000	$257,504
Waymo LLC	9	$185,000	$225,000	$235,000
Zoom Communications, Inc.	9	$180,000	$191,922	$224,682
Mayo Clinic	9	$104,644	$106,558	$108,160
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.	9	$64,928	$76,000	$95,002
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	9	$65,000	$68,952	$70,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri	9	$50,856	$52,042	$56,181
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	8	$97,552	$117,510	$134,303
Duke University	8	$84,742	$85,000	$88,386
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	8	$71,606	$75,267	$76,875
Texas A&M University	8	$63,402	$73,000	$80,000
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center	8	$61,473	$67,553	$76,398
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	8	$59,617	$65,116	$72,087
University of Louisville	8	$62,000	$63,285	$65,000
Wayne State University	8	$61,553	$62,926	$68,792
The University of Southern California	7	$111,239	$117,042	$120,000
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	7	$95,000	$110,000	$122,500
Carnegie Mellon University	7	$83,110	$100,000	$103,000
J-Star Research, Inc.	7	$78,300	$87,500	$90,575
Yale University	7	$82,000	$86,567	$96,350
The George Washington University	7	$79,260	$84,016	$94,104
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital	7	$72,500	$75,000	$76,500
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research	7	$74,223	$75,000	$80,719
Trustees of Dartmouth College	7	$64,024	$71,032	$71,032
University of Notre Dame du Lac	7	$62,867	$65,000	$74,221
Toyota Research Institute, Inc.	6	$200,000	$200,000	$200,000
TikTok Inc.	6	$174,643	$176,571	$194,623
University of Oklahoma	6	$81,499	$87,998	$91,013

Individual filings

Most recent certified determinations

Employer	Location	Wage	Level	Decided
Southwest Research Institute	San Antonio, TX	$94,155	II	Sep 30, 2025
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	Livermore, CA	$178,800	II	Sep 30, 2025
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	Oklahoma City, OK	$61,910	I	Sep 30, 2025
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	Livermore, CA	$205,938	II	Sep 30, 2025
AG2ai, Inc.	Corvallis, OR	$210,642	III	Sep 30, 2025
Gryphon Bio, Inc.	Poway, CA	$101,442	II	Sep 29, 2025
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	$72,500	I	Sep 29, 2025
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	$82,678	II	Sep 29, 2025
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	Houston, TX	$69,000	—	Sep 26, 2025
UT Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	$72,000	II	Sep 26, 2025
Zoom Communications, Inc.	San Jose, CA	$237,786	IV	Sep 26, 2025
Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	$66,492	II	Sep 26, 2025
Meta Platforms, Inc	Menlo Park, CA	$178,006	II	Sep 26, 2025
Meta Platforms, Inc	Menlo Park, CA	$250,370	IV	Sep 26, 2025
Drexel University	Philadelphia, PA	$57,803	I	Sep 26, 2025
Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	$73,831	II	Sep 26, 2025
Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	$71,738	II	Sep 26, 2025
Meta Platforms, Inc	Menlo Park, CA	$214,178	III	Sep 26, 2025
University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	$84,048	II	Sep 26, 2025
University of Illinois	Urbana, IL	$63,752	III	Sep 25, 2025
University of Illinois	Urbana, IL	$62,500	III	Sep 25, 2025
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	Houson, TX	$68,500	—	Sep 25, 2025
Google LLC	Mountain View, CA	$230,000	III	Sep 25, 2025
Human Resources Research Organization	Louisville, KY	$94,557	II	Sep 25, 2025
The University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington, TX	$80,000	I	Sep 25, 2025

Prevailing wage levels I through IV reflect the experience and responsibility the employer attested to, not seniority titles. A level I filing is an entry-level determination; level IV is fully competent and independent. Comparing across levels explains much of the spread between the 25th and 90th percentile above.